Legal Question in Family Law in California

I have been divorced almost 10yrs......20yrs I was married...i get a tiny bit of alimony every month...I work full time but am at the poverty level.....I wish I could go back and have my medical paid for also..its $160mo for me. ..is there anything I can do after the fact? Is it his legal responsibility to pay for my medical since we were married 20yrs plus? .thanks!


Asked on 10/03/09, 9:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

The standard order is for support to last 1/2 the length of the marriage for marriages over ten years. So your spousal support is probably about to run out entirely. If you go back to court it might be cut off entirely. With that said, though, legally you can go back for a support modification after a reasonable time, which it sounds like you qualify for. The trouble is you never know for sure what the new order will be.

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Answered on 10/04/09, 2:55 am


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